The funeral prayer and other matters in an extension added to a mosque

Question

In the city of Beawar, Ajmer district, there is a congregational (jami‘) mosque. At some earlier time the mosque was on the lower level; later the number of people grew and the mosque became cramped, [so] in front of it, by extending [it] forward, it was made more spacious. In the former place, which is below, some boys also study. Then on Fridays some people began to find it cramped even in that [new part] and could not fit in.

Answer

In the part that was a mosque from the beginning, a second congregation and the funeral prayer are makruh: [ar]وتكره الصلاة على الجنازة في مسجد جماعة عندنا[/ar] “According to us [Hanafis], the funeral prayer in a congregational mosque is makruh” (“Kabiri”, p. 545).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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